Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk is a pro-Trump troll and founder of the conservative student-oriented Turning Point USA. He has a history of pushing right-wing hoaxes and conspiracy theories.

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Meet Charlie Kirk, The “Boy Wonder” Trump Ally Behind A Poorly Sourced McCarthy-Like Watchlist Of Professors

12/02/16 11:32 AM EST
Trump elevated Charlie Kirk's false claim about French protesters chanting his name. That never happened.

12/04/18 3:58 PM EST
The perfectly incoherent Trumpism of Charlie Kirk's Campus Battlefield

10/12/18 8:45 AM EDT

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Right-wing media spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day launching attacks on the civil rights icon

01/17/24 10:10 AM EST
Charlie Kirk: Martin Luther King Jr. “is not worthy of a national holiday. He is not worthy of godlike status. In fact, I think it's really harmful.”

01/16/24 2:21 PM EST
Media Matters weekly newsletter, January 12

01/12/24 10:49 AM EST
As the election ramps up, right-wing media increasingly turn to racist and antisemitic “great replacement” conspiracy theory

01/12/24 10:37 AM EST
Right-wing media melt down over NYC using a public high school to shelter migrants overnight during a winter storm

01/10/24 4:27 PM EST
Charlie Kirk: “You know that most diaper brands support abortion? It's unbelievable.”

01/10/24 3:15 PM EST
Pro-Trump media target Nikki Haley with racist attacks on her eligibility and name

01/10/24 12:43 PM EST
Right-wing media have spent more than a year demanding IRS cuts that House Republicans are looking to accelerate

01/10/24 11:04 AM EST
Right-wing influencers demanded GOP officials remove Biden from the ballot. Now one is threatening to do it.

01/08/24 2:43 PM EST
Charlie Kirk: “The southern border is, of course, the great replacement. They're trying to replace us demographically. They're trying to make the country less white.”

01/08/24 2:06 PM EST
Here are the key right-wing media figures who rewrote the history of January 6

01/06/24 10:12 AM EST
Media Matters weekly newsletter, January 5

01/05/24 10:53 AM EST

Featured

Meet Charlie Kirk, The “Boy Wonder” Trump Ally Behind A Poorly Sourced McCarthy-Like Watchlist Of Professors

Trump elevated Charlie Kirk's false claim about French protesters chanting his name. That never happened.

The perfectly incoherent Trumpism of Charlie Kirk's Campus Battlefield

The Latest

Right-wing media spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day launching attacks on the civil rights icon

Charlie Kirk: Martin Luther King Jr. “is not worthy of a national holiday. He is not worthy of godlike status. In fact, I think it's really harmful.”

Media Matters weekly newsletter, January 12

As the election ramps up, right-wing media increasingly turn to racist and antisemitic “great replacement” conspiracy theory

Right-wing media melt down over NYC using a public high school to shelter migrants overnight during a winter storm

Charlie Kirk: “You know that most diaper brands support abortion? It's unbelievable.”

Pro-Trump media target Nikki Haley with racist attacks on her eligibility and name

Right-wing media have spent more than a year demanding IRS cuts that House Republicans are looking to accelerate

Right-wing influencers demanded GOP officials remove Biden from the ballot. Now one is threatening to do it.

Charlie Kirk: “The southern border is, of course, the great replacement. They're trying to replace us demographically. They're trying to make the country less white.”

Here are the key right-wing media figures who rewrote the history of January 6

Media Matters weekly newsletter, January 5